I Stopped Taking ADHD Medication… And Here's What Happened
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2024
- I think for me, being off of ADHD medication is going to be a TEMPORARY thing. I have had to stop taking my medication for the last couple of months. It has been weird.
Today I'm talking about the symptoms I have noticed since stopping medication, and my experience of starting to take stimulants again.
Do you relate to any of these experiences?
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Nothing in this video is intended as medical advice, it is purely for entertainment purposes, if you need help for managing your mental health please contact your chosen healthcare professional 🩵
I have never took meds for ADHD, but all my kids are diagnosed and are being treated..and EVERYTHING you’re saying about your brain is true of mine. 🤦
I have an appointment w/ a psychiatrist in May, wish me luck. Thank you for your content.
You make perfect sense to me. All of it. It’s like watching someone articulate all the stuff that’s going on in my head much better than I could. And to know I’m not alone is so valuable to me.
I’m 60 and waiting for an official assessment/diagnosis,so i view this from the perspective of someone who has never known the alternative.
I’ve had the shame of being an ‘idiot’ all my life, and while I understand the feeling that part of getting better is feeling that you don’t need meds, at least for antidepressants/anxiety, because that’s more of a transient state (if that is indeed what you’re suffering from and not a symptom of a more permanent condition and circumstance), while ADHD is something permanent, so I’m looking forward to the opportunity of having a better life for what’s left of it, and while I don’t expect all sweetness and light ahead of me, I have hope of finding a more happy and peaceful and normal state.
Be assured that this sharing you're doing helps. 😊
It is remarkable to hear the similarities of symptoms from other people with ADHD 😂
Right!!
@@tillyzarrella Especially the part about words coming out garbled. My wife tells me I am fluent in gibberish!
6:00 this makes PERFECT sense and I am so glad to hear someone else articulate it, it is very reassuring, and helping me realise that this mechanism applies to many other areas aswell, such as relationships of any sort
This was so comforting and helpful. Thank you so much
im sorry that you're going through this! just a quick reality check about guilt though: ADHD literally involves chemical dysregulation (dopamine and norepinephrine) and *judging yourself for not being able to regulate those chemicals without meds is about as wacky as shaming a diabetic for not being able to regulate their blood sugar spikes without insulin*
Wow thank you for this comment. I have literally just made a video talking about how much this resonated with me! Thank you for sharing ❤️
7:16 a word I like using more than "productive" is the word "fruitful" 🌱
I love this!!! Thank you for sharing 🥹❤️
@@tillyzarrella thank YOU! :)
Thank you for the video. Really appreciate the insight as I'm going into being on meds after 22 years of self loathing and being confused. I'm excited and seeing other people's experience with medication gives me hope. I'm curious how the meds might affect my anxiety though.
About anxiety with meds, i recommend eating some lemon if its really bad, then the drug wears off very quickkly, hope this helps!
Oh wow! I’ve never heard this before!
Doing all at once or nothing at all makes perfect sense. This is the only way I’ve survived so far. Hate it but no other options are available to me. Good help me with this new medication
I was waiting for the bathtub to empty without taking the lid off the drain. Atomoxetine, third day. I'm also sleeping badly.
9:13 YAAAS YOU GO!!! you deserve grace and rest
I really like the cicade tattoo
my concerta so far has made my memory worse :/ especially shirt-term, but long-term also
So so interesting, what you say about procrastination. My question would be - when you take meds, you procrastinate less, yes, right - but can you still be creative and come up with original solutions / ideas for upcoming tasks / questions ? Or is it more like *"Ok, I take my meds and now I can do anything that needs to be done, but my mind is dry, I can do math and boring tasks, but nothing creative"* So, which is it ?
For me I didn't find it affecting my creativity, I still felt like the same person just slightly muted if that makes sense?
@@tillyzarrella Ok, I get it. Kind of less noise, right. Then what about problem solving? Can you still come up with awesome solutions?
@@tillyzarrella I hope to find out on Friday. Diagnosed on Monday, set meds tomorrow! Yay!
how do you not have a 100 things to do, they are so easily heaped up from all the procrastination haha 😅
Oh I definitely do have 100 things to do 😂
@@tillyzarrella ahaha aight